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y after the tragic massacre of civilians in the Syrian village of Houla on May 25 that left about 116 civilians dead, including dozens of children. Lavrov cannot deny the evidence presented by the United Nations that the heinous crime was committed by government forces. At the same time, however, he c

y James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, to the Senate Intelligence Committee on March 12, 2013. The Demo- cratic senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, who was on the committee, asked the spymaster if the NSA collected data on Americans. Clap- | | Epst_9780451494566_2p_all_r1.z.indd 129 @ 9/29/16 5

e reported to Obama’s national security adviser that Snowden was in contact with Russian officials in Hong Kong, the State Department explicitly told Lavrov that allowing Snowden to defect to Russia would be viewed by President Obama as a bla- tantly unfriendly act. As such, it could (and did) lead to the